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Legends of the Demon Duelist-Chaos Arc
Chapter 5: Wandering warrior
On a foggy highway, a single motorcycle shoots down the highway at impossible speeds. Its rider doesn't seem worried about the possibility of crashing.
("Where am I going?")
A black leather trench coat flapped out into the wind, and its owner rode like the devil was after him. He wasn't sure why he was wandering, but always felt that he was searching for something.
("Why can't I stop searching for what I don't even understand? I don't know what it is that haunts me, but I have to find it before I can stop.")
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Not too far away a pair of special binoculars looked through the mist and watched the motorcycle. ("I found him…and now to make sure he follows through on my challenge.")
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Deondre climbed off of his motorcycle and placed his helmet off to the side. "Where am I now anyway? This whole place looks like a ghost town."
That it did. All of the buildings in this small area were mostly destroyed, but Deondre needed a moment to rest so this place worked as well as any other.
Ever since Deondre had sent Kenshin off to school at Kaiba's Duelist Academy, he'd been searching the whole planet for something. What made this so strange was that he had absolutely no idea what this thing was. ("Maybe I've just lost my mind.")
It didn't matter to the dog demon though. He could survive out in the world without the slightest problem. Not only did he have more than enough money, but honestly he disliked the idea of staying in one place for too long.
"Deondre Anderson I assume, the famous Dimension Duelist?"
Deondre had heard the man coming the moment he had gotten off of his cycle. "What do you want? I doubt you're here for any other reason than to duel, right?"
"Very perceptive, but don't hold what I'm about to do against me." The man, who had been using the mist to hide his movements, lifted the rifle he had been carrying and fired once.
Before the bullet had even left the barrel of the gun Deondre had his bag over his shoulder and was out of the way. After a millisecond he realized he wasn't the target of the shot.
The bullet slammed into the fuel tank of the motorcycle, instantly sparking the gasoline and creating an echoing explosion that brought down molten rain all around them.
Dropping the rifle, the man threw his hood back on his coat and raised his arm to reveal a duel disk already in place. "Somewhere in this area is another motorcycle. Defeat me and I'll tell you where it is. Otherwise…you'd better start walking."
Deondre growled and slid his duel disk on. "You just blew up a 50,000 motorcycle, jackass."
"Please, call me Ken." The man smirked slightly and brushed back his hair, which was black and spiked out in all directions.
"I have some other names for you, but I'll withhold them for the sheer factor of time. It'll be night soon and I'd prefer to be out of here before then." Deondre didn't need to shuffle his deck, because he knew that his deck was ready. It always was.
Deondre- 4000
Ken- 4000
Ken drew. "I honestly apologize for the motorcycle, but I am under direct orders. Now then, it is time to unleash my hero." He slapped a card onto his disk. "Go Zombyra the Dark Hero (2100/500) in attack mode!" A humanoid in dark hero's clothing with a demonic face appeared on the field. "Do you know the legend behind Zombyra?"
Deondre rolled his eyes. "He's some comic hero from a few years back. What's your point?"
"He is a hero that was once a monster. Now he fights against the darkness, though every time he does so his body begins to deteriorate from its lack of dark energy." Ken pointed at the holographic representation. "This warrior is a true saint. He sacrifices himself to protect those he could just as easily have hurt. Do not mock him!"
Deondre frowned. "He's a card. Live with that fact before you start yelling at me."
Ken closed his eyes and chuckled. "I have lived with that fact all of my life. There are no true heroes in this world. However, Zombyra is a hero that will fight for what is right. First though, I play the magic card Graceful Charity. With this effect I can draw three cards and discard two." He took two cards and discarded them. "Now I set three cards face-down on the field and end my turn." His slate-colored eyes glimmered in the mist. "Let's see what you can do, Dimension Duelist."
Deondre growled and drew. ("Zombyra has 2100 attack points, and that's way too high for anything in my hand to deal with.") He looked at the drawn card and nodded. ("I'll trust this strategy then.") "First I play the continuous magic card D.D. Beacon!" A green-colored machine appeared on his field. "This card will gain one counter on it every time I play a card with Dimension or D.D. in its title. There comes a downside though, and that is if this card is destroyed then all monsters on my field are removed from play."
Ken's lips curled slightly. "I know all too well what that card does. Can you surprise me in some other way?"
Deondre slapped a card onto his disk. "How about this? I summon D.D. Scout Plane (800/1200) in defense mode." A metal pod with engines attached to it appeared on the field. "This card will return to my field during my standby phase if it is removed from play." Another card was slapped down next to it. "And then I special summon Dimension Doppelganger (?) in defense mode." A crystalline-blue colored mass of light appeared on the field. "This monster can only be summoned when I normal summon a monster with Dimension or D.D. in its title to the field. It will copy that monster's effect and stats." The gas formed into the rough shape of the D.D. Scout Plane. (800/1200) "For my final play, I set one card face-down on the field. You're up."
Ken drew. "Zombyra, attack Dimension Doppelganger now!" The warrior silently leapt through the air and brought its foot down on the crystal monster, blowing it apart. "Whenever Zombyra destroys a monster, he loses 200 attack points." (1900/500) Zombyra returned to his spot on Ken's field, looking slightly tired. "Without the darkness he loses his strength with each battle that he wins. End turn."
"He didn't win crap." Deondre drew. "Or don't you understand that I'm the Dimension Duelist for a reason? I can manipulate my monsters from anywhere." He held up a card. "First I play Pot of Greed to draw twice." After sliding two cards off of his deck, he slid onto into his disk. "I play the magic card Dimension Cyclone! This card will remove one magic or trap card on your field from play, but you get to gain 500 life points." A crystal-blue wind slammed into the center card on Ken's field and blew it apart.
Deondre- 4000
Ken- 4500
Ken smirked. "Pretty, but otherwise useless. Try again."
Deondre slid a card into his disk. "I'm going to enjoy shutting you up. Go Dimension Tear! This card removes on monster from my graveyard. However, if that monster has an effect that brings it back to the field from the removed from play pile then it immediately comes back." He slapped down the Dimension Doppelganger and it reappeared on the field. "And if you remember correctly this guy took the effect of my D.D. Scout Plane."
Ken silently smirked.
Deondre gritted his teeth and slid both of his monsters into the graveyard. "Just keeping smiling…it makes it easier to wipe you out! I sacrifice my two monsters to summon my mighty Dark Magician!" (2500/2100) A purple-robed spellcaster took the place of the two monsters on the field. "Here we go…Dark Magician, attack Zombyra the Dark Hero with Dark Magic Attack!" The magician lifted his staff and released a ball of light that slammed right into Zombyra's chest.
Ken snarled and one of his face-down cards flipped up. "Activate the trap card Hero Undying! This makes Zombyra impossible to destroy in battle for this turn."
Deondre- 4000
Ken- 3900
Deondre growled and slid a card into his disk. "I set this and end my turn."
Ken drew. "The Dimension Duelist…bah! You're nothing like I thought you would be." He slid a card into his disk under the space where Zombyra was. "I activate the equipment magic card Lock Seal." Zombyra shimmered and was surrounded by a glowing sheath of light that covered him from head to toe. "As long as this card is in play you cannot destroy Zombyra with magic or trap effects."
Deondre didn't seem worried. ("Then come and attack, I'm sure you'll love the result.")
The spiky-haired man noticed Deondre's face and snickered. "You think you're safe because your monster has higher attack points?" He inserted another card into his disk. "Now I activate the equipment magic card Heroic Dragon Punch! This card will raise Zombyra's attack points by 1500 as long as I have no other monsters in play!" (3400/500)
Deondre smirked and motioned with his hand for Zombyra to come and get him.
Ken slid his last two cards into his disk. "I set two cards face-down on the field and order Zombyra to attack now!" The Dark Hero pulled back its fist, a ball of fire building around it. "Dragon Punch!" When Zombyra charged it turned into a dragon made entirely of flames that hurtled towards the Dark Magician.
Deondre closed his eyes, his smirk still evident. "Reverse card open…go Dimensional Cylinders!" A pair of crystal-blue cylinders appeared in the air. "This card will negate your monster's attack and remove it from the game. Also, you'll take damage equal to its original attack points!"
"Not quite." One of Ken's cards flipped up. "Go Remove Trap." The Cylinder exploded into dust.
Deondre gritted his teeth as the dragon barreled into his Dark Magician and blew it apart.
Deondre- 3100
Ken- 3900
Ken watched as Zombyra returned to his field. "Zombyra's effect weakens him, but it is of no true consequence." (3200/500) "End turn."
Deondre drew. ("This guy knows my deck too well…and he knows how to counter it. I'm going to have to hit him hard and fast.") "I play Soul Release! This magic card removes five cards from either of our graveyards, so I'll be destroying all five of the cards in your graveyard!"
Ken shrugged and removed the five cards from the disk, placing them into his coat pocket. "So now I have no graveyard. It's no big deal."
Deondre eyes reflected the determination he felt now. It was now or never for him to destroy Zombyra. "Reverse card open! Activate Book of the Void!"
Ken's eyes widened. He'd never heard of Deondre using this card before.
The Dimension Duelist pointed at Ken's disk. "This trap card only activates when you have an empty graveyard! It lets me draw until I have five cards in my hand!" He snapped five cards off of his deck.
"It doesn't matter how many cards you have, because Zombyra is too strong for you." Ken crossed his arms across his chest and sneered.
Deondre held up a card from his new hand. "We'll see about that. Activate the continuous magic card Removal Shield!" A glowing barrier of light appeared over his field. "This prevents my cards from being removed from play. That isn't all though, because I play the magic card Dimension Destruction!"
"What?" Ken felt his knowledge about Deondre's deck fading. These were cards he'd never heard of before.
"This card removes all magic and trap cards from my field, or it would if I didn't have my Removal Shield up. Then as a refund to this effect I can bring back one monster from my removed from play pile or graveyard back to the field!" Deondre caught a card that was slapped out of his disk and threw it down. "The Dark Magician returns!" The purple-robed spellcaster reappeared.
Ken pointed at Zombyra and whistled. "I think you forgot something. My monster can easily kill yours again."
Deondre held up another card. "Don't be naïve! Activate Dedication through Light and Darkness! This magic card lets me sacrifice my Dark Magician to call out his much more powerful form to the field!" Dark Magician's robes warped and changed, turning into skin-tight black leather covered him from head to toe. "From within the chaos he emerges, my Dark Magician of Chaos!" (2800/2600)
Ken knew this play. "So? He can't win."
Deondre caught another card that was spat out of his graveyard. "Dark Magician of Chaos has a special ability. When summoned I can take back one magic card from my graveyard!" He discarded the card and drew two. "First I play Pot of Greed." Two cards quietly slid into slots of his disk. "Then I set two cards face-down."
("That leaves you with two cards.") Ken tensed and waited for the next move.
And Deondre was all but too glad to give it. "Card of Sanctity activate! Start drawing hero boy!" He slid five cards off of his deck, as did Ken. ("This is my last chance to finish this guy before things start getting ugly!") "Reverse card open! Premature Burial lets me pay 800 life points to revive one monster from the graveyard!" His D.D. Scout Plane shimmered into existence.
Deondre- 2300
Ken- 3900
Ken looked at the thing and laughed. "How pitiful…is that the best you can produce?"
Deondre watched his Plane fade away. "I never summoned for this turn! Go Dark Magician Girl!" (2000/1700) The female counter-part of the Dark Magician appeared on the field and threw Deondre a little wink, though he didn't return it. He was too focused at the moment. "Her attack increase because of the Dark Magician in my graveyard!" (2300/1700)
Ken narrowed his eyes. ("This guy is planning something, but what?")
Deondre slammed another card into his disk. "Soul Absorption activates now! This continuous magic card gives me 500 life points every time a card is removed from play!" He slid another card into the slot right next to that one without skipping a single beat. "Activate Soul Release! Now I remove my Dark Magician, Dimension Doppelganger and D.D. Scout Plane from the game!" He removed the three cards, while a white light flowed over him.
Deondre- 3800
Ken- 3900
Ken gritted his teeth. He was fairly sure of what was coming next.
Deondre snickered. "You think you know me? You know the legend, not the man behind it! Go Monster Returned, bring back my Dark Magician!" The purple-robed spellcaster appeared next to the Dark Magician Girl, and she immediately glomped onto him. "Cute couple, ne?"
Ken frowned. "Get on with it!"
Deondre slowly held up a card from his hand, its back to Ken. "This is my last piece of the plan." He flipped the card over. "Go Dark Magic Nova!"
"Dark Magic Nova?" This wasn't what Ken had been expecting.
Deondre pointed at his three spellcasters. They were all glowing gold. "This card can only be activated when I have three spellcasters on my field! Each of them tallies their attack power against one target!"
"Tally their attack points?" Ken's eyes widened as energy flowed through the staff of the Dark Magician of Chaos. The energy then went to the Dark Magician's staff, and finally to the staff of the Dark Magician Girl.
Deondre pointed at Zombyra. "Go!" Each of his three magicians flew forwards and slammed their staffs into Zombyra, hitting it with a ball of magic much bigger than its own body. (7300)
Ken growled and motioned to his set cards. "Reverse cards open! The first is Shattering Strike! This counter trap destroys your magic card and its effect, but that isn't all! Next is the quickplay magic card Reverberation! This card will destroy every monster that was part of a negated effect this turn!"
All three of the magicians screamed in pain as the ball back lashed and blew them all into dust.
Deondre's hair was swept back because of the wind that was caused by the magical backlash against his monsters. His eyes were closed…
Ken looked to Zombyra. "I will not let you die, my friend."
Deondre opened his eyes and held up the three magician cards. "Dark Magician of Chaos removes itself from play when destroyed, so my life points go up."
Deondre- 4300
Ken- 3900
Ken smirked. "It's over. You failed."
Deondre's eyes opened slowly, reflecting a slight glow that came from their golden color. "Actually…I knew this would happen."
"Liar." Ken's smirk continued.
Deondre held up the last card in his hand. "Monster Reborn activate! This magic card revives one monster from my graveyard to the field!" He removed a card and slapped it onto his disk. "Go Dark Magician Girl!" The female magician appeared again, her eyes reflecting the same fire as Deondre had in his.
Ken had heard the words Monster Reborn and had expected the Dark Magician. "What…"
Deondre held up his hand. "D.D. Beacon special ability go!" The green device, which had far more than five glowing motes over it, exploded open to reveal a suit of glowing green armor. "Dimensional Armor is summoned out when my Beacon has five or more counters on it. Now I attach that armor to my Dark Magician Girl!" It latched onto her body and she disappeared in a flash of light. What stood in her place was nearly the same thing, except that her robes and staff were crystalline-blue. Other than that, the biggest difference was her eyes. They both reflected great focus and experience. "Different Dimension Dark Magician Girl (2500/2100) in attack mode!"
Ken's eyes widened even more. "What can she possibly do?"
"She can do just enough to turn the tables!" Deondre grabbed a card from his jacket pocket and slapped it onto the disk. "When summoned my Different Dimension Dark Magician Girl special summons one monster that I have in my removed from play pile!" A familiar black-covered form appeared on the field. "Dark Magician of Chaos is special summoned!"
Ken threw back his head and laughed. "What could you do with those two that you couldn't do with the three from before?"
Ichigo picked up a card that had slid out of his graveyard. "Did you forget something?"
Ken's laughter stopped. "Forget something?"
Deondre held up the card. "Dark Magician of Chaos special ability goes!" He flipped the picked up card over. "Activate the magic card Dark Magic Nova!"
("NO!") Ken felt his teeth nearly crack as light flowed around the bodies of the two spellcasters.
Deondre pointed at Zombyra. "Dark Magic Nova tallies the attack power of my monsters and throws it right at Zombyra! Go Double Dimension Nova!" Both spellcasters struck their staffs together and released a ball of crystalline blue light that struck Zombyra in the chest and blew it apart. (5300)
Deondre- 4300
Ken- 1800
Deondre held up his hand. "That isn't all either, because Dark Magician of Chaos and Different Dimension Dark Magician Girl remove the destroyed monster from the game. So I gain 500 life points. End turn."
Deondre- 4800
Ken- 1800
Ken stood in silence, his eyes lowered and covered by the shadows of the rapidly gathering night. "Zombyra…he will not lose."
"He's gone." Deondre cracked his neck by tilting it to one side. "So get over it and move on. Unless of course my theory is correct and that was the only monster in your whole deck."
Ken slowly brought his gaze to the six cards in his hand. "Not quite….Zombyra will never die! Draw!" Snapping the top card off of his deck, he shoved a new card into the now empty slots of his disk. "Go Heavy Storm!" A huge tornado slammed through Deondre's three magic/trap cards and blew them apart.
Deondre frowned slightly, but trust the attack power of his current monsters.
Ken held up another card. "You will pay. Go Zombyra the Dark Hero!" Another of the warrior monsters appeared on the field.
Deondre sighed quietly. "Fine…now what will you do? This time I have the attack advantage."
"Not for long!" Ken slid another card into his disk. "Go Unification of Soul! This magic card equips to Zombyra and raises his attack points by double if there is a Zombyra the Dark Hero in either my graveyard or removed from play pile!" (4200/500)
Despite the cold, Deondre felt sweat start to develop on his forehead. ("There's no end to this guy, is there?")
"Go Zombyra, Strength of Soul Strike!" Zombyra leapt through the air and brought his elbow down on the back of the Dark Magician of Chaos' neck, blowing it apart. "Then his attack drops by 200. I finish my turn by setting one card face-down." (4000/500)
Deondre- 3000
Ken- 1800
Deondre drew. ("I nearly burned myself out in that last attack…how can I expect to recover from this one?") "I switch Different Dimension Dark Magician Girl into defense mode and one monster face-down. End turn."
Ken drew. "You think putting your monster into defense mode will help you? That's where you are dead wrong! Go Stop Defense!" A wave of red light fell over the Different Dimension Dark Magician Girl and she stood up. "This magic card forces your monster into attack mode. Go Zombyra!" The warrior leapt forward and slammed his fist into the spellcaster's stomach, blowing her apart. (3800/500)
Deondre- 1500
Ken- 1800
Deondre drew. "I'm not beaten yet…I'll defeat this guy again!"
"With only one monster and no cards in your hand?" Ken threw back his head and laughed. "Not a chance, dog-boy!"
Deondre slid the drawn card into his disk. "Then I set this and dare you to attack. End turn."
Ken drew. "I equip my monster with magic card Piercing Spear." A black steel spear appeared in the hands of Zombyra. "He can now deal damage through defense. You're dead. Go Zombyra!" The warrior leapt through the air….
And was stopped dead cold as chain enwrapped it. Deondre pointed to his now face-up trap card. "Shadow Spell prevents your monster from attacking and its attack score is also lowered by 700 points!" (3100/500)
Ken snarled and slid a card into his disk. "I will not fall to your petty traps. I set one card face-down and end my turn."
Deondre drew slowly, his eyes closed. ("My defense won't last long. I'm betting that this guy has some kind of method to free his monster.") "I play the magic card Crystal Summon. This magic card lets me normal summon any monster in my removed from play pile as long as I make sacrifices for it if it is a high level." He snapped his fingers and his Dimension Doppelganger and D.D. Scout Plane appeared on the field. "Remember these guys? Well they're bringing back my Dark Magician of Chaos!" Again the black-clothed spellcaster appeared on the field. "And when he comes back I can take back one magic card from my graveyard!" Grabbing a card without the slightest hesitation from within the graveyard, Deondre slid it into his disk. "Go D.D. Beacon!" The green machine reappeared on his field. "End turn!"
("He brought back the D.D. Beacon?") Ken shrugged and drew. "I suppose there is some intelligent point to that play, but I don't quite see it. Perhaps you'd like to enlighten me?"
"You'll see soon enough." Honestly, Deondre did that on instinct. But instinct had saved him on more than one occasion before.
Ken snickered and slid a card into his disk. "Though I dislike giving my opponent options, I play Card of Sanctity." He drew five cards, while Deondre drew six. "Then I play Shatter the Bonds! This magic card will destroy all of the enemy's cards that are attached to my monsters!" Shadow Spell shuddered and exploded, freeing Zombyra. (3800/500) "Go Zombyra, crush the defense monster and wipe out his life points!" Nodding, the Dark Hero leapt through the air and raised his spear to pierce through the defense monster.
Deondre held up a card. "Not so fast, Ken. Go Dimension Kuriboh!" (300/200) A little crystal-blue furball appeared in front of the card and caught the attack. "This card's effect can only work if I remove a card from my hand and place it into the removed from play pile. If I do this, then your attack is negated."
Ken frowned and slid a card into his disk, filling up his magic and trap zones again. "End turn."
Deondre looked down at his deck. ("One last chance…one last draw. I've got no tricks left that will beat Zombyra…except for one.") He drew, held the card up in front of his face, and smiled slightly. "Those had better be the highest quality trap cards in the world that you have face-down."
"You're bluffing. Without your magic cards you're useless. And don't bullshit me by saying you have plenty left. Your last play exhausted most of your deck." Ken snickered calmly, knowing that his traps were ready.
Deondre placed his hand on his face-down monster card. "It's time…to show you just how wrong you are! Go Dimensional Gatekeeper (400/400) in attack mode!" A blond-haired man holding a huge crystal-blue key appeared on the field. "This guy's effect requires that I give up four monster cards with Dimension or D.D. in their titles!" He held up four cards and discarded them. "These cards are treated as being played." Four counters appeared next to the two over the D.D. Beacon. "Now the effect removes all cards in my graveyard from the game!" He pulled his already thick graveyard out of his disk and inserted it into his shirt pocket. "That isn't all though, because my removed from play pile goes into my graveyard."
After exchanging the two piles, he removed a card from his deck. "Now that all this business is done, the effect of Dimensional Gatekeeper activates! I can now play the continuous magic card Control of the Dimension from my deck or hand!" Sliding the card into his deck, Deondre held up the last card in his hand. "It's go time…so reveal Dimensional Armor!" The Beacon exploded into dust, leaving the crystalline armor on the field.
Ken frowned quietly…he remembered something about this play…but still… ("What is he doing?")
Deondre opened the field magic card slot of his disk. "Field magic card The Different Dimension activate!"
"The Different Dimension?" Ken knew now what this was all about.
"Right," Deondre watched as everything around them blurred and changed into a futuristic city landscape. "This card first requires that I actually have a card in my graveyard for it to work, which luckily I do. Next it destroys all cards on my field!" The Dark Magician of Chaos exploded, as did the Gatekeeper. "Control of the Dimension and Dimensional Armor cannot be removed by this effect. Also, Dark Magician of Chaos is removed from play when destroyed."
Ken felt drops of sweat slide down his chin. ("What…")
Deondre took his graveyard and removed from play pile, switching them again. "The Different Dimension switches my removed from play pile and graveyard around." His smile melted into a cold countenance. "Control of the Dimension activates!" The card shattered. "This effect lets me special summon up to five monsters from my graveyard as long as The Different Dimension is in play! Come out now, my greatest warriors!"
Dark Magician of Chaos, Dark Magician, Dark Magician Girl, and a pair of green-haired females wielding laser swords appeared on the field. "D.D. Warrior Lady (1500/1600) is ready to attack!"
Ken spat on the ground. "Zombyra can beat them all."
Deondre removed a card from his graveyard. "We'll see about that! Dark Magician of Chaos gives me back Card of Sanctity! So draw until you have six!" Deondre drew six cards. Ken drew two. "Activate Spell Reproduction! By discarding two magic cards form my hand I can take back any magic card in my graveyard!" Pulling a card out of his graveyard, Deondre slid it into his disk. "It worked before, so go Dark Magic Nova!"
"Not this time!" Ken flipped up a face-down card. "Hero's Escape destroys your magic card!"
Deondre slid another card into his disk. "Go Apprentice Attempts! This magic card will replay one magic card that was just negated! Go Dark Magic Nova!" All three of the spellcasters launched forwards and lifted their staffs, creating a huge ball of light. "Attack now!"
Ken flipped up another card. "Go Mirror Force! This trap card will negate the collective attack and destroy all attack mode monsters on your field!" A glowing blue barrier of light stopped the attacks and returned it in the form of a shotgun-like blast of blue light that blew all five of Deondre's monsters apart. "Hah! You're done!"
Deondre help up a card. "Go Reverse Effect! This magic card will reverse the effect of your Mirror Force card!" All five of his monsters reappeared.
Ken clenched his fists. "It doesn't matter, you're nearly out of cards!"
"Wrong!" Deondre discarded his last card. "Go Magician's Triumvirate!" A card was spat out of his graveyard. "This card only works when there are three magicians on the field. It will return one magic card from my graveyard to my hand. Go Card of Sanctity!"
"Again?" Ken's eye had developed a deep twitch. "Why won't you stop?"
"I'll throw my whole deck at you if I have to!" Deondre drew six cards off of his rapidly dwindling deck.
"It's not that easy! Null and Void open!" Ken snickered as his trap flipped up. "This card activates when someone draws cards. Now you have to discard all of them."
Deondre slid his six new cards into the graveyard. "Nothing but monsters and trap anyway." He snapped his fingers and the Dimensional Armor attached to the Dark Magician of Chaos. There was a flash of light and the being that stood where the Magician had been was a spellcaster glad in crystalline blue robes with a glowing staff in each hand. "Different Dimension Chaos Sage (3500/3500) in attack mode! Special ability go! Now I can take back three magic cards from my graveyard!" Pulling three cards out of his graveyard, Deondre held them up. "Go Dark Magic Nova again!"
Ken discarded two cards from his hand. "You want to play hardball? Then I discard my Sneaky Jammer trap card and a card from my hand to negate your spell!"
Deondre slid another card into his disk. "Go Magician's Draining Blast! This card lets me discard cards from my deck equal to the number of level stars on a pair of Magician's on my field. If that total is five or lower, then nothing happens. If it is six to ten, then I destroy one monster. If it is eleven to fifteen then all monsters on your field are destroyed! And if it is sixteen or higher then all cards on your field will be destroyed! And since my Dark Magician is a level seven and my Different Dimension Chaos Sage is a level ten, you lose it all!" Discarding seventeen cards from his deck, Deondre now had literally no other options remaining than to hope this worked.
"Are you so certain?" Ken discarded his remaining four cards. "I activate the magic card Unlucky Number Thirteen, which can be activated from my hand! This card can only work if I have thirteen cards in my graveyard before activation! I'll discard my whole hand and then this card returns your effect right to you!"
Deondre threw up his arms as everything on his field blew apart, leaving him standing on an empty field and staring down Zombyra alone.
Ken took a deep breath. "All in all that was fun, but when I said that you aren't destroying Zombyra again I meant it."
Deondre held up the last card in his hand. "My final card is the magic card Ascension of the White Dragon!"
"Ascension of the White Dragon?" Ken stumbled back slightly. "What does that do?"
Deondre removed a card from his graveyard. "By paying half of my life points I can special summon this! Come out now, Blue-Eyes Dimension Dragon!" (3000/2500) A huge crystal version of the famous Blue-Eyes White Dragon appeared on the field. "This monster can only activate its special ability when there is a monster on the field that is stronger than it." Roaring, the dragon opened its mouth to show off sharp teeth capable of tearing steel. "This monster is a one of kind creature that can only attack when it is the only card on my field. If this is so, it will attack your life points directly as long as the only monster on the field is ones stronger than it!"
Ken frowned, though not because of the dragon though, but because his cell phone was ringing. Pulling it out of his pocket, he held it against his ear and frowned even deeper. "I'm going to have to go now. Unfortunately, something big has just come up."
Deondre had face-fallen when Ken's phone had rung, when Ken had actually answered the thing, and then at this last declaration. "You can't run off in the middle of a duel!"
"This isn't a darkness game, so yes I can." Ken closed his phone and placed it into his pocket. "Perhaps we can finish this another time." He dropped a set of keys to the dirt. "Actually, the motorcycle is marked with a special scent that is something like strawberries. With that knowledge you should be able to find it." Turning, he walked off into the night.
Deondre just stood there numbly, trying to register what had just happened. ("Did….he just run?")
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"This had better be important! I was just about to win!" Ken held up a card that he had fished out of his graveyard. "See this? You know what it does!"
The cloaked form he was yelling at growled. "I see what it is. Yes, your Thunder Fist card would have allowed Zombyra to destroy the Blue-Eyes Dimension Dragon, but this is too important for your little match. We've found the location of another seal on the island, and this one no one seems to be coming across. We have to make sure that someone worthy of its power finds it."
Ken grimaced and walked past the slightly taller man. "You never let me have any fun!"
Turning, the pair of silver and gold eyes watched the Chaos Rider's back. ("You'll have plenty of time to destroy Anderson later. For now…I have a little rematch that I must get underway.") He licked his lips, showing a single white fang that glittered in the night. ("Rikuo Amero…you will be mine.")
To be continued…
